Born in 2010 · Gen Z
Baby names of 2010
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,696,271 babies born in 2010: 1,777,595 girls and 1,918,676 boys. Isabella and Jacob were the most popular names, and 9.0% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 11.9% in 2000. The name most tied to 2010 is Addyson: among girls, it was 11× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Z
- Born 1997–2012
- Babies on record
- 3,696,271
- 1,777,595 girls · 1,918,676 boys
- Different names
- 19,841
- for girls, plus 14,270 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 9.0%
- of babies got one · girls 8.9%, boys 9.0%
Top 10 names of 2010
- Isabella was the #1 name for girls in both 2009 and 2010.
- Jacob was the #1 name for boys every year from 1999 to 2012.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2010, 9.0% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 2010
These names were far more common in 2010 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2010 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addyson | Girl | #192 | 11× |
| Khloe | Girl | #42 | 8.1× |
| Miley | Girl | #215 | 8.0× |
| Kaydence | Girl | #256 | 6.8× |
| Braylon | Boy | #237 | 6.6× |
| Jayden | Girl | #212 | 5.4× |
| Landen | Boy | #206 | 5.4× |
| Addison | Girl | #11 | 5.3× |
| Cadence | Girl | #227 | 5.3× |
| Jaiden | Boy | #174 | 5.1× |
Names that peaked in 2010
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2010, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2010.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella | Girl | #1 |
| Jayden | Boy | #4 |
| Gabriel | Boy | #21 |
| Chloe | Girl | #9 |
| Landon | Boy | #33 |
| Brayden | Boy | #40 |
| Jeremiah | Boy | #51 |
| Nevaeh | Girl | #25 |
| Gabriella | Girl | #33 |
| Khloe | Girl | #42 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2010
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2010 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Tenley672 babies
- Jordynn415 babies
- Elin386 babies
- Emmalyn375 babies
- Sawyer350 babies
- Gracelynn319 babies
- Alayah317 babies
- Jemma315 babies
Boys
- Iker372 babies
- Bently359 babies
- Callen334 babies
- Tatum301 babies
- Kyron261 babies
- Xavi257 babies
- Bentlee250 babies
- Mayson244 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2010 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2010 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #50 in 2010 , now #1,029 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2010 is still in the 2025 top 1,000.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data